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• Ancient Civilizations
  Volcanoes
  Archaeology
  Lost Treasures
  Natural Disasters
  Cultures
   
  

  Pompeii

  Pompeii is a ruined Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompei. It was destroyed during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount ... > more
• Lost Treasures
  Human Evolution
  Ancient Civilizations
  Archaeology
  Cultures
  Anthropology
   

  List of shipwrecks

  This list of shipwrecks is of those sunken ships whose remains have been ... > more
• Fisheries
  Mating and Breeding
  Fish
  Animals
  Invasive Species
  Wild Animals
   
  

  Horseshoe crab

  The horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is an arthropod that is more closely related to spiders than crabs. Horseshoe crabs possess the rare ability to regrow limbs lost. Limulus has been extensively ... > more
• Earthquakes
  Natural Disasters
  Tsunamis
  Early Climate
  Geology
  Earth Science
   
  

  Earthquake

  An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of stored energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes are accordingly measured with a seismometer, commonly known as a ... > more
• Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Anthropology
  Evolution
  Cultures
  Archaeology
   
  

  Toba catastrophe theory

  According to the Toba catastrophe theory, modern human evolution was affected by a recent, large volcanic event. Within the last three to five million years, after human and other ape lineages ... > more
• Evolution
  Evolutionary Biology
  Charles Darwin
  Biochemistry Research
  Nature
  Biology
   
  

  Natural selection

  Natural selection is the phrase Charles Darwin used in 1859 for the process he proposed to explain the origin of species and their apparent adaptation to their environment. Along with the rules of ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Archaeology
  Cultures
  Anthropology
  Lost Treasures
  Human Evolution
   
  

  Minoan civilization

  The Minoans were a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age civilization in Crete in the Aegean Sea, flourishing from approximately 2600 to 1450 BC when their culture was superseded by the Mycenaean culture, which ... > more
• Marine Biology
  Sports Medicine
  Sea Life
  Fish
  New Species
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Mollusca

  The molluscs or mollusks are the large and diverse phylum Mollusca, which includes a variety of familiar creatures well-known for their decorative shells or as seafood. These range from tiny snails, ... > more
• Evolution
  Psychology
  Charles Darwin
  Social Psychology
  Behavior
  Child Psychology
   
  

  Evolutionary psychology

  Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain useful mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, ... > more
• Ancient Civilizations
  Fossils
  Archaeology
  Lost Treasures
  Cultures
  Anthropology
   
  

  Tutankhamun

  Nebkheperre Tutankhamun (alternate transcription Tutankhamen), named Tutankhaten early in his life, was Pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt (ruled 1334 BC - 1325 BC), during the period of ... > more

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